Reply #33: I don't actually agree [View All]

[simcha_6]

SS is a social program. If it were me, there'd be some formula determining the cost of living from retirement age (upped to 67) and people who have 1.5 times the amount to live on that wouldn't get anything. The point of SS shouldn't be to hold money over for retirment; I could easily take 6% of my paycheck and put it in the bank, IRA, etc. Instead it's to keep older people off the streets and make it so they don't have to get jobs street sweeping- go to Baku and see how sad it is. If I have enough to get by, I'll probably just give my check to charity or not cash it at all.